Tuesday, February 11, 2025, 9:09PM |  34°
MENU
Advertisement
Marcus Mariota - 2014 Heisman Trophy winner
1
MORE

Steeler quarterbacks and the past decade

Don Ryan/Associated Press

Steeler quarterbacks and the past decade

A look at the Steelers' success and failure at the position since 2005:

• • • 

PG graphic: 2015 Draft (Click image for larger version)

No quarterback in Steelers history has played as well statistically as Ben Roethlisberger over the past decade. He has set virtually every Steelers passing record and broken many of his own. He also led them to three Super Bowls, the only quarterback besides Terry Bradshaw to play in more than one for the Steelers and the only one besides Bradshaw to win two. He became the fourth QB in NFL history to win 100 games in his first 150 starts.

Advertisement

DRAFT

Ben Roethlisberger, right, celebrates a scoring pass against Cincinnati in December — part of the most prolific season by a quarterback in Steelers history.
Ed Bouchette
Steelers' wagon still hitched to Ben Roethlisberger

Landry Jones, picked in the fourth round in 2013, was their highest draft pick at quarterback since they took Roethlisberger in the first round in 2004. They drafted Dennis Dixon in the fifth round in 2008 and Omar Jacobs in the fifth round in 2006. Dixon was on and off the team through 2011 and then played elsewhere. Jacobs never made their roster.

FREE AGENTS

Backup Bruce Gradkowski, a Pittsburgh native, signed a three-year contract as an undrafted free agent in 2013. Previous backups Charlie Batch, another Pittsburgh native, and Byron Leftwich signed as veteran free agents and were last with the team in 2012. Another free agent, Tommy Maddox, last played in 2005 and will go down in Steelers lore as the quarterback Roethlisberger replaced as starter after Maddox was injured in the second game of the 2004 season.

Advertisement

First Published: January 18, 2015, 5:29 a.m.

RELATED
SHOW COMMENTS (0)  
Join the Conversation
Commenting policy | How to Report Abuse
If you would like your comment to be considered for a published letter to the editor, please send it to letters@post-gazette.com. Letters must be under 250 words and may be edited for length and clarity.
Partners
Advertisement
Marc Fogel with his mother Malphine.
1
news
Oakmont teacher Marc Fogel released from Russian prison after more than 3 years
Pittsburgh Steelers owner Art Rooney II walks around the field before an NFL football game between the Denver Broncos and the Pittsburgh Steelers, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024, in Denver.
2
sports
‘Trade Tomlin or sell the team’: Billboard put up in Pittsburgh targeting Steelers ownership
George Pickens of the Pittsburgh Steelers looks on during a game against the Cincinnati Bengals at Acrisure Stadium on January 04, 2025, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
3
sports
Ray Fittipaldo's Steelers chat transcript: 02.11.25
A pair of pedestrians stop on the Clemente Bridge to take a picture of icy conditions and snow falling on the Allegheny River Downtown Sunday Jan. 19, 2025.  #winter #weather
4
news
Pittsburgh region will avoid major impacts from winter storms this week. The weekend could be a different story.
Pittsburgh Pirates owner Bob Nutting, center, attends batting practice before a baseball game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Houston Astros in Pittsburgh, Monday, April 10, 2023.
5
sports
Jason Mackey: Goodbye to a frustrating Pirates offseason that never started and wouldn't end
Marcus Mariota - 2014 Heisman Trophy winner  (Don Ryan/Associated Press)
Don Ryan/Associated Press
Advertisement
LATEST sports
Advertisement
TOP
Email a Story